Languages of India

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Languages of India is a broad grouping that encompasses the diverse and numerous languages spoken across the Indian subcontinent, spanning several major language families and regional traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural category
linguistic grouping
associateOfficialLanguage English
constitutionalReference Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
continent Asia
country India
feature diglossia in several languages
high linguistic diversity
multilingual population
presence of minority languages
presence of tribal languages
hasClassicalLanguage Kannada
Malayalam
Odia
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu
hasOfficialLanguage English
Hindi
hasScheduledLanguage Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Dogri
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi language
surface form: Marathi

Nepali
Odia
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi

Sanskrit
Santhali
surface form: Santali

Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
influencedBy Arabic
English
Persian language
surface form: Persian

Prakrit
surface form: Prakrit languages

Sanskrit
linguaFrancaIn Union Government
surface form: Union government of India
linguaFrancaLanguage Hindi
majorLanguageFamily Andamanese
surface form: Andamanese languages

Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Dravidian languages
Indo-Aryan languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai-Kadai languages
mostSpokenLanguage Hindi
numberOfScheduledLanguages 22
region South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
usedIn Indian cinema
Indian literature
Indian media
education in India
usedInAdministration English
Hindi
usedInStateAdministration regional languages
widelySpokenLanguage Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi language
surface form: Marathi

Odia
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi

Tamil
Telugu
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
writingSystem Bengali script
surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Devanagari script
Gujarati script
Gurmukhi
surface form: Gurmukhi script

Kannada script
Malayalam script
Odia script
Perso-Arabic script
Tamil script
Telugu script

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Varhadi categorizedUnder Languages of India